Bookbinder.



No. 818,777. PATENTED APR. 24, 1906. D. MOGANN. BOOKBINDER.

APPLICATION EILED JUNBSO, 1905.

IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL MCOANN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO F. ROBERT BARTSCH AND ON lil-THIRD 'IO LEMUEL O. HATTON, BOTH OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOOKBINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application led June 30, 1905. Serial Nol 267,809.

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VBe it known that I, DANIEL MCOANN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of C hic ago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bookbinders, of which the following is a specification and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to a binder adapted for retaining a number of copies of magazines, sheet-music, or other matter together in book form, so that they may be conveniently accessible and be protected from wear.

The object of the invention is to provide an efficient and durable covering in which booksections may be neatly and lpermanently bound by the ordinary user.

The invention consists in the structure to be hereinafter described and claimed and which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved binding device, showing the covers open. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views on the lines 2 2 and 3 3, respectively, of Fig 1; and Fig. 4 is similar to Fig. 1, but showing a modified construction.

As a support for the binding means there is provided a rectangular 'frame 10, preferably formed of stout metal wire and slightly longer than the height of the articles to be bound. This frame .is adapted to be secured in any convenient manner to the inner face of the back member 11 of an ordinary book-covering l2. The form of securing means shown in the drawings consists of a plurality of clips or rivets 13 lei, each having a shank 15, which grips the material of the book-covering, and an overturned head 16 of hook form, adapted for receiving the wires of the frame 10. A part of these clips, as 14, have a rotative engagement with the material of the covering, a washer 17 being applied at either side thereof to prevent wear. The heads of such clips may be turned to one side to permit the frame 1() to be raised from the cover either by turning in the hooks ofthe remaining clips 13 as a hinge or by being entirely disengaged therefrom.

The frame 1() is inclosed 'for a portion of its length by a covering or web 1S of binding material, such as canvas or leather, which preferably is put on as a flattened tube carried by the side members 19 20 of the frame, the opposite folds 21 22 being subsequently brought together within the margins of the frame and made to adhere closely by means of stitching or glue.

In using the device the back edge ofthe article to be bound is applied to the covering 1S, when the frame 10 is removed from the book-cover, as previously described, and the article is permanently secured in place by means of stitches or wire passing through its leaves and through thel material of the web 18. The frame 10 will be then attached to the book-cover by the use ofthe cleats 13 14. j

Additional sheets may be added from time to time in the same manner, and when enough have been bound to provide a thickness equal to the width of the frame 10 a neat and durable volume will have been formed. To aid the user in securing the sheets in proper alinement, the web 18 is ruled with a plurality of .parallel lines 23.

In the form of construction shown in Fig. 4, the frame 10 is provided with spiral cross members 24 25 to give it a moderate degree of flexibility, so that the back of the finished volume may assume the customary rounded form.

1. In a bookbinder, in combination, a book-cover; a frame removably secured to the cover; and a web carried by the 'frame and adapted for the attachment of sheets thereto.

2. In a bookbinder, in combination, a book-cover, a binding-'frame removably secured to the cover', and a canvas web carried by the frame to which the leaves to be bound may be independently seciued.

3. In a bookbinder, in combination, a book-cover, a frame having rigid sides and flexible ends, means for securing the frame to the back of the cover, and means for attaehbook-cover; a frame pivotally secured at one ing to the frame the leaves to be bound. end to tlie cover; means for securing the ro 4. In a bookbinder7 in combination, a pair frame against pivotal movement; and a sheetof cover-boards; a back-section uniting the carrying` Web carried by the frame.

DANIEL MCCANN.

l f 5 boards; a frame removably Secured to the v l back-section; and a sheet-carrying Web ear- Vitnesses:

ried by the Jframe. CHARLES B. GILLsoN,

E. M. KLATCHER.

" 5. In a bookbinder, in Combination, a 

